Citrix ADC MPX
Note: This platform has reached its end of life.
The Citrix ADC MPX 5500 is a 1U appliance, with 1 dual‑core processor, and 4 GB of memory.
The following figure shows the front panel of the MPX 5500.
Figure 1. Citrix ADC MPX 5500, front panel
The MPX 5500 has the following ports:
• RS232 serial console port.
• Two 10/100/1000Base‑T copper Ethernet management ports, numbered 0/1 and 0/2 from le
to right. You can use these ports to connect directly to the appliance for system administration
functions.
• Four 10/100/1000Base‑T copper Ethernet ports numbered 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4 from le to
right.
Note: The network port numbers on all appliances consist of two numbers separated by a forward
slash. The first number is the port adapter slot number. The second number is the interface port
number. Ports on appliances are numbered sequentially starting with 1.
The following figure shows the back panel of the MPX 5500.
Figure 2. Citrix ADC MPX 5500, back panel
The following components are visible on the back panel of the MPX 5500:
• Four GB removable CompactFlash card that is used to store the Citrix ADC soware.
• Power switch, which turns o power to the MPX 5500, as if you were to unplug the power supply.
Press the switch for five seconds to shut o the power.
• Removable hard‑disk drive (HDD) that is used to store user data. Appliances shipped before
February 2012 store user data on an HDD. In appliances shipped aer February 2012, a solid‑
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